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V-ERG
(使)變平;把…弄平
If you flatten something or if it flattens, it becomes flat or flatter.
例句
He carefully flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book...
他小心翼翼地把包裝紙弄平，夾在書(shū)頁(yè)里。
The dog's ears flattened slightly as Cook spoke his name.
庫(kù)克叫這只狗的名字時(shí)，它的耳朵就會(huì)稍稍耷拉一下。
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VERB
摧毀，弄倒，夷平(建筑、城鎮(zhèn)或植物)
To flatten something such as a building, town, or plant means to destroy it by knocking it down or crushing it.
例句
...explosives capable of flattening a five-storey building.
能將一幢 5 層高的樓房夷為平地的炸藥
...bombing raids flattened much of the area.
空襲將這個(gè)地區(qū)的大部分都夷為了平地
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VERB
使緊貼;使貼著(以免擋路或被看見(jiàn))
If you flatten yourself against something, you press yourself flat against it, for example to avoid getting in the way or being seen.
例句
He flattened himself against a brick wall as I passed.
他緊貼一面磚墻站著好讓我通過(guò)。
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VERB
揍倒;打倒
If you flatten someone, you make them fall over by hitting them violently.
例句
'I've never seen a woman flatten someone like that,' said a crew member. 'She knocked him out cold.'
“我從沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)一個(gè)女人那樣把人打趴下，”一位機(jī)組人員說(shuō)，“她把他完全打昏了。”
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VERB
(在爭(zhēng)斗、競(jìng)賽或辯論中)擊敗，打敗，戰(zhàn)勝
If you flatten someone in a fight, contest, or argument, you defeat them completely.
例句
In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me...
在壁球場(chǎng)上他的主要目標(biāo)就是擊敗我。
A large percentage of these forces had been flattened by the assault.
這些部隊(duì)大部分都已經(jīng)在這次進(jìn)攻中被擊潰。